U.S. Customs and Border Protection “CBP” has adopted a Final Rule, which will incorporate, with some changes, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2009. The proposed rule in the NPRM would establish the Global Entry as an ongoing voluntary reg…
Read More »Glenn Wicks, Managing Director of The Wicks Group, PLLC (TWG), moderated a panel discussion at the JITI Airport Seminar 2012, in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2012. For many years, The Wicks Group, led by Michael Fleming, a Partner with TWG, has worked with the Japan International Transport Insti…
Read More »On January 30, 2012, Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) introduced H.R. 3867 -- Travel Transparency Act, which would reverse the portion of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Final Rule requiring airlines and ticket agents to quote fares that include all government mandated taxes and additional airline fe…
Read More »On February 2, 2012, the United States Trade and Development Agency (“USTDA”) approved a grant to the State Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan (“SCAA”) to partially fund the proposed Aviation Safety Phase II Project in Azerbaijan. The USTDA advances economic development an…
Read More »On February 2, 2012 the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) announced they would hold a public meeting to discuss special permit and approval applicant fitness determinations. The public meeting, to be held on February 29, 2012, in Washing…
Read More »On January 31, 2012, House and Senate leadership reached an agreement on a bill (the “Bill”) to provide operating authority for the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) over the next four years and boost its air traffic modernization efforts. The Bill authorizes $63 billion for the FAA to operat…
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